10.6% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Seaton volunteer their time, with only 10.6% of residents doing so. This is a far lower rate than the national figure and most other similar areas. Most other forms of community and unpaid work here sit close to the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people in Seaton volunteer, which is well below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.9% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure roughly equal to the state average. Unpaid childcare is slightly lower than the national average at 23.6%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.5%) are much fewer than in most areas.
12.9% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Seaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41320/seaton/topic/community